My wife and I have been looking at New Zealand or Australia for some time now. We are waiting until after our Ph.D.'s are completed, however.
At least one other person I know stated that since he's a "white dude, he wants to take back his country" so he's staying.
Of course, I let the irony smolder for a second as he contemplated that he had just said that to a native
One of our primary concerns is climate and another is water. Canada is really too cold for me even though it's criminology seems to be top-notch. Australia, as a former penal colony, might be more interested in my background and standpoint.
But those islands, like what I understand is happening around Europe, seem to be moving rightward. I don't know if either of those statements are accurate, just what I've been able to gather from my limited understanding of the internal politics of other nations.
For example, I notice Australia's current support for our foreign policies and that NZ's economic policies are in agreement with the Washington Consensus. But we have a couple of years to figure it out.
We are definately moving, however. This has more to do with economics than political persuasion. As in, I'm not hateful or even mindful of Bush as a singular person so much as I am disgusted with the course and structure of our nation. Even if I were a democrat and had faith in their abilities or desires to alter the structural problems I think about, I don't believe that they could fix them.
Plus, given that the symbol of global capitalism has been torn down, I don't see any reason that the symbol of global culture here in Los Angeles wouldn't be next. Also, given the concentration of military establishments in Southern California, we don't appear to be in a very safe place in any one location. I mean, it's just ludicrous to me to think that something, sometime, won't happen within the coming decades.